2.1 Linkages between Corporate Activities and the 102 Kanie (2019) point out that poverty and inequality are increasing as consumerism rises along with mass production, and that environmental degradation issues are arising as a result of increased waste. They describes SCP as a policy concept that aims to address these issues by focusing on the relationship between consumption and production. Links among the SDG goals facilitate mainstreaming of dimensions which previously suffered from not having strong sectoral anchoring in the development arena, especially considering the existence of many links between SDG 12 on SCP and other goals. SCP is an essential requirement for sustainable development, as recognized in Johannesburg at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, and in Rio de Janeiro, at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). However, until recently, SCP has suffered from being weakly integrated with other areas of work. A publication by Le Blanc the interactions between SCP and social and environmental agendas (Le Blanc, 2015). According to this illustration, SCP is connected to the agendas through linkages such as hunger, poverty, health, education, climate change, energy and infrastructure development. Agenda 2030 itself emphasizes that the achievement of SCP is an integral part of the SDGs. The text adopted by the United Nations focusing on the SDGs covers SCP in paragraph 28 as follows: “We commit to making fundamental changes in the way that our societies produce and consume goods and services. Governments, international organizations, the business sector and other non-state actors and individuals must contribute to changing unsustainable consumption and production patterns, including through the mobilization, from all sources, of financial and technical assistance to strengthen developing countries’ technological and innovative capacities to move toward more sustainable patterns of consumption and production. We encourage the the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns. All countries should take action, with developed countries the development and capabilities of developing countries.” (UN, 2015). implementation of taking lead, the Indeed, there are strong connections between SCP and each target under SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production). The UN (2020) warns that the current global consumption of natural resources is unsustainable. For example, the global material footprint increased from 73.2 billion tons in 2010 to 85.9 billion tons in 2017. As implied in the popular “Build Back Better” concept often mentioned in the context of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected the world since 2020, the world needs to develop plans to enable the realization of SCP. Meanwhile, there are linkages with not only SDG 12 but also several other goals and targets. In other words, illustrates in 2015 scientific, into account taking C. TAKAGI et al. when considering issues related to SCP, strategies and solutions must be considered with an awareness of the interlinkages between the broad range of challenges represented in the goals of the 17 SDGs. Against Case studies are chosen based on our group of scientists’ capacity and network. Therefore, this study is a first step towards more comprehensive research. Still, we believe that these case studies can verify our approach to examining these matters. Based on a case study with a retail company, Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd., this article first analyzes how corporate activities relate to SCP, indicating a potential to link corporate activities with a broad range of SDG targets. Next, the article examines the three thematic areas of housing, energy and agriculture in Asia. These three thematic areas are chosen for analysis, as they are highly dependent on natural resources and thus have higher merit to be aligned with SCP. Chapter 2 of our article illustrates the interlinkages among the SDGs within each theme and suggests policy approaches as to how to manage them in Asia. 2. Interlinkages among the SDGs within Each Thus, while consideration of the SDGs is evident among major corporations, 99.7% of companies in Japan are small- or medium-sized enterprises. Among SDGs in the Context of SCP Despite the publication of a number of corporate guidelines such as the “SDG Compass,” jointly developed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), UN Global Compact (UNGC) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); the “SDGs Guide for Management” by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); and “Guidelines for All Companies to Develop Sustainably” by the Environment indicate steps or procedures to take in the pursuit of implementing the SDGs, these publications do not clarify in detail what kinds of corporate activities would help achieve the SDGs. In fact, during the past several years, SDG initiatives have spread rapidly among Japanese companies. The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations its Keidanren Charter of Corporate Behavior in 2017 to emphasize delivering on the SDGs through the realization of “Society 5.0.” This charter was one factor that accelerated SDG-related initiatives by major corporations in Japan. this background, (MOE), which all this article examines several approaches that can be used to visualize and analyze how corporate activities and the SDGs, including SCP, are closely connected with each other. In this article, we focus on four case studies in different countries and try to draw lessons from these case studies on effective approaches for realizing SCP. the Ministry of revised Theme
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